Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!att!cbnewsl!conty From: conty@cbnewsl.att.com (The Conty) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Broderbund copy protection Message-ID: <1990Dec5.173249.13332@cbnewsl.att.com> Date: 5 Dec 90 17:32:49 GMT References: <4024@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> <14697@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Organization: The Event Horizon Lines: 22 In article <14697@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>, bochen@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Meathead) writes: > In article <4024@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> seiler@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov writes: > > > > A friend of mine recently went from an SE to a IIci, and finds that some > >software that is copy protected by requiring that the master disk be inserted > >fails to recognize the master disk. Jam Session is just one example of this. Is > >there a way around this or is an update required and available? > > I have found (by talking to Broderbund) that on the newer machines > with the instruction cache, their protection fails (DEATH TO COPY > PROTECTION!!!!). Anyways, there is some cdev called something like > "toggle cache" or "Cache toggle" or whatever that turns of the > instruction cache and lets some of these programs work. This worked > for me with Playmaker Football and Simcity (non-color).\ WHAT??!!?!??!??!??? Where can I get this cdev???? -- E n r i q u e C o n t y jester@ihlpl.att.com